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The project with perhaps the highest public profile right now is "The Tide", Norfolk's new light rail system, which Virginia Beach is studying to decide if they should support extending the system through their city.
This is a video presentation created by Hampton Roads Transit that describes the project.
HRT has a dedicated section on its Website describing the project:
They also have a section specifically devoted to the Virginia Beach study at:
http://www.gohrt.com/vbtes/index.html
Of course, if citizens can't come to some sort of consensus on how to move forward, there's always the alternative:
HRCCE Blog
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How significant an opportunity for reducing U.S. construction costs?
How significant an opportunity for reducing U.S. construction costs?
Yonah Freemark
The Transport Politic
August 23rd, 2011 | 48 Comments
» Norfolk, Virginia celebrates the opening of a relatively cheap new rail corridor. It’s not as out-of-the-ordinary as we might hope, though.
Last weekend, Norfolk’s Tide light rail line[…]
Created on: 6 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm
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News Release – City Encourages Community to Help Shape the Future of Lynnhaven SGA At Second Round of Public Meetings Oct. 5-6
News Release – City Encourages Community to Help Shape the Future of Lynnhaven SGA At Second Round of Public Meetings Oct. 5-6
Monday, September 26, 2011 · 11:30 am
The City of Virginia Beach invites the public to a second round of meetings that are integral to developing a master plan for the Lynnhaven Strategic Growth Area (SGA), one of eight urban[…]
Created on: 26 Sep 2011 | 3:36 pm
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Norfolk Young Professionals Using Civic Engagement – Turning Brain Drain Into Brain Gain
Norfolk Young Professionals Using Civic Engagement – Turning Brain Drain Into Brain Gain
Inside Business, August 12, 2011
In an effort to establish tomorrow’s leaders and enhance the quality of life in their city, young professionals in Norfolk have stepped up to take the reins from the “old boys’ club” – or at[…]
Created on: 18 Aug 2011 | 8:58 am
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A Quick Fix for Traffic Backups? – From the V.B. Beacon
A Quick Fix for Traffic Backups? – From the V.B. Beacon
BY Bill Reed
A GROUP OF prominent Virginia Beach businessmen advocates a quick, no-frills strategy to ease Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel traffic during peak hours and holidays.
Why? Because the crossing has become a serious obstacle to tourism and commercial[…]
Created on: 4 Aug 2011 | 1:13 pm
4 Aug 2011 | 1:13 pm -
Review – The Big Roads: the Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift
Review – The Big Roads: the Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift
Reviewed by Carolyn Caywood
Local journalist Swift has traced the evolution of American roads over a century of change. He celebrates the achievements of Thomas MacDonald head of the Bureau of Public Roads from1919 to 1953, and his protege,[…]
Created on: 26 Jul 2011 | 10:31 am
26 Jul 2011 | 10:31 am
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Weekend work to halt part of light rail route - The Virginian-Pilot
Weekend work to halt part of light rail route - The Virginian-Pilot
Weekend work to halt part of light rail routeThe Virginian-PilotBy Debbie Messina Light rail will not run through downtown this weekend so crews can install a track switch that will give Hampton Roads Transit greater flexibility in managing train movements.[…]
Created on: 3 Feb 2012 | 3:25 am
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Not the time for a light-rail vote - The Virginian-Pilot
Not the time for a light-rail vote - The Virginian-Pilot
Not the time for a light-rail voteThe Virginian-PilotWhen public support for Norfolk's line dwindled in 2009 as evidence of mismanagement at Hampton Roads Transit mounted, opponents clamored to put the issue to Beach voters immediately. Now that public support for[…]
Created on: 2 Feb 2012 | 10:05 pm
2 Feb 2012 | 10:05 pm -
Light-rail service will be interrupted for work - The Virginian-Pilot
Light-rail service will be interrupted for work - The Virginian-Pilot
Light-rail service will be interrupted for workThe Virginian-PilotBy Debbie Messina Light rail will not run through downtown this weekend so crews can install a track switch that will give Hampton Roads Transit greater flexibility in managing train movements. Buses will[…]
Created on: 31 Jan 2012 | 10:39 pm
31 Jan 2012 | 10:39 pm -
Even measuring Va. Beach light-rail opinions is divisive - The Virginian-Pilot
Even measuring Va. Beach light-rail opinions is divisive - The Virginian-Pilot
Even measuring Va. Beach light-rail opinions is divisiveThe Virginian-PilotEven if voters signed off this year, the City Council couldn't take action on light rail until the middle of 2013. That's when Hampton Roads Transit is expected to complete its $6.6[…]
Created on: 28 Jan 2012 | 7:04 pm
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A problem of NSU's making - The Virginian-Pilot
A problem of NSU's making - The Virginian-Pilot
A problem of NSU's makingThe Virginian-PilotCouncil members and Hampton Roads Transit officials argued the more distant location would force students riding the train to cross a street that carries more than 50000 cars a day, near the intersection of an[…]
Created on: 27 Jan 2012 | 11:49 am
27 Jan 2012 | 11:49 am
